Alterations of methionine metabolism as potential targets for the prevention and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

RM Pascale, G Peitta, MM Simile, F Feo - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Several researchers have analyzed the alterations of the methionine cycle associated with
liver disease to clarify the pathogenesis of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and …

Role of PTEN promoter methylation in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells

NTT Phuong, SK Kim, SC Lim, HS Kim, TH Kim… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Tamoxifen (TAM) resistance is a serious clinical problem in the treatment of breast cancer.
Here, we found that S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and DNA methyltransferase1 (DNMT1) …

Opposite effects of the FXR agonist obeticholic acid on Mafg and Nrf2 mediate the development of acute liver injury in rodent models of cholestasis

A Carino, M Biagioli, S Marchianò, C Fiorucci… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
The farnesoid-X-receptor (FXR) is validated target in the cholestatic disorders treatment.
Obeticholic acid (OCA), the first in class of FXR agonist approved for clinical use, causes …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic targets for reversing immune defects caused by alcohol exposure

BJ Curtis, A Zahs, EJ Kovacs - Alcohol research: current reviews, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol consumption alters factors that modify gene expression without changing the DNA
code (ie, epigenetic modulators) in many organ systems, including the immune system …

Effects of S -adenosylmethionine and methylthioadenosine on inflammation-induced colon cancer in mice

TWH Li, H Yang, H Peng, M Xia, JM Mato… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Chronic inflammation is an underlying risk factor for colon cancer. Tumor necrosis factor
alpha (TNF-α) plays a critical role in the development of inflammation-induced colon cancer …

Classification of early and late stage liver hepatocellular carcinoma patients from their genomics and epigenomics profiles

H Kaur, S Bhalla, GPS Raghava - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (LIHC) is one of the major cancers worldwide,
responsible for millions of premature deaths every year. Prediction of clinical staging is vital …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic polymorphisms in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and thymidylate synthase genes and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

JM Yuan, SC Lu, D Van Den Berg, S Govindarajan… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and thymidylate synthase (TYMS) are known
to play a role in DNA methylation, synthesis, and repair. The genetic mutations in MTHFR …

Alcohol-induced epigenetic changes in cancer

RG Dumitrescu - Cancer Epigenetics for Precision Medicine: Methods …, 2018 - Springer
Chronic, heavy alcohol consumption is associated with serious negative health effects,
including the development of several cancer types. One of the pathways affected by alcohol …

Molecular mechanisms of ethanol-associated oro-esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Y Liu, H Chen, Z Sun, X Chen - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Alcohol drinking is a major etiological factor of oro-esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
(OESCC). Both local and systemic effects of ethanol may promote carcinogenesis …

Long noncoding RNA SNHG6 mainly functions as a competing endogenous RNA in human tumors

H Wang, W Zhang, H Zhu, Q Li, L Miao - Cancer Cell International, 2020 - Springer
Increased expression of the small nucleolar RNA host gene 6 (SNHG6) has been reported
in different cancers, such as hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer …